Agenda item

(Chief Executive) to consider the attached report.

Mr Pavey introduced the report on the Corporate Plan Key Action Plan for 2016/17 and the outturn position for quarter 4.

The Corporate Plan 2015-2020 was the Council’s highest level strategic document. It sets the strategic direction for the authority for the five year lifetime of the Plan. It focuses on a number of key areas that the Council needed to focus on during that time and helps to prioritise resources to provide quality services and value for money. These key areas are known as the Corporate Aims and are supported by a set of Key Objectives which represent the Council’s high-level initiatives and over-arching goals to achieve the Corporate Aims. The Key Objectives are in turn, delivered via an annual Key Action Plan.

There are 49 actions in the Key Action Plan 2016/17. At the end of the year:

(a)        33 (68%) of the individual deliverables or actions supporting the key objectives had been achieved;

(b)        9 (18%) of the deliverables were expected to achieve target in the next 6 months.

(c)    7 (14%) of the deliverables or actions were not completed by year-end albeit significant progress has been made. Details of the progress made are set out in the comments against the individual deliverables or actions in the attached schedule.

13 actions fell within the areas of responsibility of the Resources Select Committee. At the end of the year:

·         10 (77%) of these actions had been achieved; and

·         3   (23%) of these actions had not been achieved.

It was noted that officers were looking at sundry debt service and looking to bring individual debts together and treat it as a whole, putting them into one view. They were looking at putting the IT in place and would bring it to members for their comments on this system. Councillor Bedford  asked about protected incomes. Mr Pavey said this was set out in legislation and officers could always come to an agreement.

Councillor Whitehouse asked if there were than many people who had multiple debts with the Council? Mr Pavey said not that many, they were mostly in connection with commercial or housing rents; it would be helpful for them to deal with the council in one place.

Councillor Kane said it was noted that action 11 (provide HR/Payroll services to at least one other authority) should have a target date of 31 March 2018 and not  31 March 2017. Also there needed to be some indication on when these projects came back on track. Councillor Mohindra asked if the wording of the action  should be rephrased as it seems to stipulate that there had to be at least one other authority who was willing join our scheme. Ms Maginnis said that officers were presently looking into this. We were still getting to grips with the new payroll system. They will put in something like “marketing the service” rather than “at least one other authority”.

RESOLVED:

That the outturn position of the Corporate Plan Key Action Plan for 2016/17 in relation to the Resources area of responsibility be commented on and noted.